03/11/2015 JUA 03/11/2015 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted CHN 12/2015 Freedom of China (People's expression; Republic of) Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged enforced disappearance of two human rights defenders and the 16-year-old son of a detained human rights defender. According to the information received, on 6 October 2015, Myanmar police arrived at a guesthouse in Mongla, Myanmar, where Mr. Tang Zhishun and Mr. Xing Qingxian, both human rights defenders, and the 16-year-old son of a detained legal activist and woman human rights defender were staying whilst on holiday. All three are Chinese nationals. Police searched the room before taking the three individuals to an unknown location. Police subsequently denied that the detention had taken place, and that they had any knowledge of the whereabouts of Mr. Zhishun, Mr. Qingxian and the 16-yearold child. On 8 October 2015, Mr. Qingxian’s home in Chengdu, China, was searched by Chinese national security police. The 16-year-old child is now held under house arrest in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. The whereabouts of Messrs. Zhishun and Qingxian remain unknown. A communication with similar content is being addressed to the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, see below, case no. MMR 10/2015. MMR 10/2015 Myanmar Alleged enforced disappearance of two human rights defenders and the 16-year-old son of a detained human rights defender. According to the information received, on 6 October 2015, Myanmar police arrived at a guesthouse in Mongla, Myanmar, where Mr. Tang Zhishun and Mr. Xing Qingxian, both human rights defenders, and the 16-year-old son of a detained legal activist and woman human rights defender were staying whilst on holiday. All three are Chinese nationals. Police searched the room before taking the three individuals to an unknown location. Police subsequently denied that the detention had taken place, and that they had any knowledge of the whereabouts of Mr. Zhishun, Mr. Qingxian and the 16-yearold child. On 8 October 2015, Mr. Qingxian’s home in Chengdu, China, was searched by Chinese national security police. The 16-year-old child is now held under house arrest in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. The whereabouts of Messrs. Zhishun and Qingxian remain unknown. A communication with similar content is being addressed to the Government of the People’s Republic of China, see above, case no. CHN 12/2015. Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Myanmar; Torture; Reply A/HRC/31/79 138 Date Type